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Application October 15, 1945, Serial No. 622,349

1 Claim. y(Cl. 24-165) This invention relates to an -improved saddle buckle which is adapted to fasten the saddle strap or straps to the belly girth or girths in a quick and efficient manner.

An object of this invention is to provide a buckle which presents a fiat surface which may be comfortably arranged on a horse and will eliminate sores which are inherent with the present day means of fastening the straps and girths together.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which is simple, easy to operate and durable.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational View of an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is an end view thereof taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral I designates the body or base plate of the buckle which can be made of steel or die cast alloys of similar nature.

The body is provided with inclined sides I2 which taper inwardly toward the short end I4, and is bent or doubled at I6 to form an arcuate lip or clip I8, which construction is adapted to retain the customary saddle ring ZIJ therein. The 'bend I6 is curved as shown to conform to the shape of the ring 20.

Adiacent the short end I4, the body I0 is provided with upstanding apertured ears 22 which are formed integral therewith.

A pin or shaft 24 mounted in the ears 22 supports the eye 2B of the tongue 28 of the buckle. A latch 39 is provided with longitudinally extending apertured ears 3 I, as viewed in Figure 2, which are also mounted on the pin 24 and the upper end 32 thereof bears on the tongue 28 while the lower end 34 thereof is received under the lip I8. A spring 35 has the coils thereof mounted on the shaft 24 and the end 38 bears against the body ID and the end 40 bears against the lower end 34 of the `latch 32, thus the spring actuated latch retains the tongue 28 and ring 20 in position and acts as a safety catch for the buckle.

The body ID has a square shaped recess 42 out therein which is open at the long end 44 thereof and has a plurality of pins 46 welded at their ends 48 as indicated at 49, to the body IIJ and extending transversely of said recess 42. Sleeves 50 are rotatably mounted on the pins 46.

' When the buckle is used, the ring 20 of the girth is positioned as described and the saddle strap 52 is threaded over the sleeves 50, as shown, in the customary manner, the tongue 28 being inserted in a conventional opening in the strap 52 as desired.

It is believed that the operation and construction of the buckle will be apparent to those skilled in the art and it is to be understood that various changes and modifications in the minor details of construction, arrangement and combination of parts may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

In a saddle girth safety buckle, the combination which comprises a substantially rectangular shaped base plate having a rectangular shaped opening extended inwardly from one end and having spaced pins with rotatable sleeves thereon extended across said opening, the opposite end of said base plate having converging sides with an arcuate ring receiving clip on the said end, said base plate having spaced upwardly extended ears thereon positioned between the said arcuate clip and pins in the said rectangular shaped opening, a transversely disposed shaft carried by said ears, a tongue pivotally mounted on said shaft and positioned whereby the extended end thereof is adapted to bear against the sleeve on the one of said spaced pins nearest the said shaft, a latch also pivotally mounted on said shaft and positioned with one end adapted to bear against the tongue and the opposite end retained under the said varcuate clip, and a coil spring positioned around the said shaft with one end being against the base plate and the other under the latch whereby the latch is urged by the spring outwardly and the tongue inwardly against the sleeve on the said one pin nearest the said shaft and in the rectangular shaped opening.

MACON M. GARNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 340,892 Newman Apr. 27, 1886 387,143 Butler July 31, 1888 696,259 Owens Mar. 25, 1902 889,013 Hutchison May 26, 1908 

